New survey shows that half of hospitals are buying back door prescription drugs or “gray market” drugs. The desperation is being fueled by growing shortages which has increased demand for ‘gray-market’ medications. Fifty-two percent of hospital purchasing agents and pharmacists reported they’d bought drugs from so-called “gray market” prescription drug vendors during the previous two years, according to a just-released survey of 549 hospitals by the Institute for Safe Medication practices, an advocacy group. Gray-market prescription drug suppliers are those [...]
Read More »Critical shortages of lifesaving prescription drugs are creating problems for doctors and hospitals in the U.S. This is resulting in delayed patient treatment and limiting the medicines doctors can prescribe and the anesthetics they can use to perform surgery. In the past few weeks, several pharmaceutical giants have warned doctors not to start patients on some medicines because they can’t guarantee a steady supply. Some hospitals have even begun rationing some vital drugs. The Food and Drug Administration has reported [...]
Read More »Prices have soared for some popular brand-name drugs whose patents are close to expiring. This year and 2012 will see many well known drugs lose their patent protection, making it possible for generic versions at substantially lower prices to become available. Drug patents expected to expire in 2011: Femara (breast cancer) Lipitor (high cholesterol) Nasacort AQ (allergy symptoms) Xalatan (glaucoma, ocular hypertension) Zyprexa / Zyprexa Zydis (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder) Drug Patents Expected to Expire in 2012 Actos (diabetes) Avandia (diabetes) [...]
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